Sm 53 $

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, grey gneiss and garnet amphibolite
Found

Texts

Transliteration

ru[-]f[-] ...i + stin + þana + eftiR + s... auk [(i)s---] suni sina + tua ...- + silu þ...

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Hró[l]f[r](?) [reist]i stein þenna eptir ... ok ... sonu sína tvá ... sálu þ[eira].

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Hro[l]f[R](?) [ræist]i stæin þenna æftiR ... ok ... syni sina tva ... salu þ[æiRa]

Translation (English)

Hrólfr(?) raised this stone in memory of ... and ... his two sons ... their souls.

Translation (Swedish)

Rolf(?) reste denna sten efter ... och ... sina två söner ... deras själ.

Location

Found location
Brödrahalla, Ölmestads by
Parish
Reftele sn
District
Västbo hd
Municipality
Gislaved
Province and country
Småland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
57.176674, 13.633781

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
Rak?
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of Sm 53 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c4d2c87e-857b-4b2b-83fd-dbe8cb628ce5
  • Image of Sm 53 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Otto von Friesen; license: Public domain source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runsten_Sm_53_Br%C3%B6drahalla,_%C3%96lmestads_by,_Reftele_socken,_Sm%C3%A5land.tif